Boeing today announced that it began delivering Brigade Combat Team Modernization (BCTM) Increment 1 hardware to the U.S. Army on Nov. 17, and made a second delivery on Nov. 22. The hardware included Network Integration Kit-equipped Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles and Humvees, along with Unattended Ground Sensors and Unmanned Ground Vehicles. These deliveries, which will continue through second...
NAVAIR reports the awarding of contracts for the Marine cargo lifting UAS projects. Missing a position is the MQ 8B Fire Scout. With the ability to lift only 200lbs perhaps the Fire Scout was never a serious player. Boeings A160T Hummingbird lifts a lot more and in a streamlined pod, so the load gets there quicker. But the king...
Boeing is looking to offer its highly successful ScanEagle UAV to India, Dr. Vivek Lall, Vice President, Boeing Defense, Space and Security, India, said. In an interview to defenseworld.net, Dr. Lall said the ScanEagle will be offered to India as part of its homeland defence and security products range. Executives will be at hand at the Aero India 2011...
The Boeing Phantom Ray unmanned airborne system successfully completed low-speed taxi tests on Nov. 18 at Lambert International Airport in St. Louis. “Phantom Ray did exactly what it was supposed to do,” said Craig Brown, Phantom Ray program manager for Boeing. “It communicated with the ground control station, received its orders and made its way down the runway multiple...
Manufacturers of the ScanEagle Insitu maybe on the move reports the Seattle Times. The Boeing subsidiary was named Columbia George’s “outstanding aerospace company of the year” by Gov. Chris Gregoire on Thursday. There are five areas being looked at by the company, they are for obvious reasons keeping tight lipped about the decision. Hood River in Oregon is named as...
Boeing has announced that it has won funding to the tune of $89 million from DARPA to develop its Solar Eagle UAV. Solar power is a hot topic, no pun intended. QinetiQs Zephyr flew for 14 days and 22 hours earlier this year. Sources have told us that it could have gone much longer. Boeing was chosen over an offering...
A160 Hummingbird Flight Global reports that a Boeing A160 Hummingbird crashed in Belize during flight trials on September the 4th. Bringing those trials to an early close. Not a great month for large helicopter UAS projects. Along with the Firescout tourist bid and possible shoot down, this latest incident just shows how difficult VTOL flight is. The Hummingbirds specs...
SOURCE Boeing ST. LOUIS, June 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — The Boeing Company (NYSE: BA) has received a three-year, $9.8 million contract from the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to further develop and demonstrate technologies that will enable multiple small unmanned aerial vehicles to coordinate with each other and a manned airborne control station to more safely and effectively carry out...
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., March 8, 2010 — The Boeing Company today announced it has begun offering a new, compact, energy-efficient camera that provides three-dimensional images for military and commercial applications. Boeing Directed Energy Systems and wholly owned Boeing subsidiary Spectrolab have jointly developed the camera using their own research and development funding, and successfully tested it over the...
